Paul Poiret was born on April 20th, 1879 to a cloth merchant in the neighborhood of Les Halles, Paris. When Poiret was a teenager he took some of his sketches to Madame Cheruit, a dressmaker, who purchased a dozen from him. He continued to sell his sketches until he was hired by Jacques Doucet in 189

Art nouveau, Avant-garde fashion, Bright, Decorative, Dreamy, Feminine, Glamour, Grand, Moody, Mythic, Opulent, Quirky

"Squeeze Sconce," "Meow Chair," "Skateboard," and "Tuffet Stool" are some of the names for furniture and accessories designed by Lisa Krohn's firm Krab Design. These titles conjure the whimsical mood of Krohn's work, but also belie its formalist roots. Krohn studied Industrial Design at Cranbrook

Biomorphic, Elegant, Functional, Hi-tech, Quirky, Technology

Peter Blake creates collages that are undoubtedly odd but never jarring or disruptive. His taste for cut-and-paste techniques does not, like most dada art, culminate in black humor; Blake is nothing if not light. He opposes nothing and negates nothing but instead basks in the icons of popular culture

Collage, Eclectic, Funny, Joyful, Pop art, Quirky

Even if you don't actually read books, chances are you like displaying them. It may be a pretentious front for your insecure intellect or that you simply like the color and texture they add to your home, but in either case, books can make a room sing. Excited by the visual effect of a book collec

Clean, Eclectic, Elegant, Industrial, One off design, Quirky